- Author
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Ramachandran, G.
- Title
- Enhanced Structural Fire Protection for a Tall Building Against a Catastrophic Fire: Probabilistic Evaluation of Performance and Economic Value.
- Coporate
- Universities of Leeds and Manchester, UK
- Book or Conf
- Performance-Based Codes and Fire Safety Design Methods, 7th International Conference. Sky is the Limit. Proceedings and Case Studies. April 16-18, 2008,
Society of Fire Protection Engineers, Bethesda, MD,
Auckland, New Zealand,
385-394 p.,
2008
- Keywords
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performance based codes
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fire safety
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safety engineering
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regulations
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high rise buildings
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fire protection
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evaluation
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risk assessment
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probability
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costs
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fire severity
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equations
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structural collapse
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damage
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human beings
- Identifiers
- probabilistic risk assessment; probability of fire severity exceeding a high level; probability of structural collapse in a catastrophic fire; property damage; life loss; quantification of performance and economic value; probability of severity exceeding a high level; total annual costs for six fire protection options